Grounded grabs its first patch update for the Pond Update, fixes tons of problems

The Pond is stabilising.

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What you need to know

What you need to know

The grind never stops forGrounded, the growing open world survival game from Obsidian Entertainment, as a new patch update,0.4.1is being released today to fix some bugs with the recently releasedPond Update. The Pond Update is the largest update yet forGrounded’s early access, and gives5 million Grounded playersa ton of new reasons to jump into this innovate survival title. The latest patch fixes bugs and other issues introduced in the Pond Update, and is available now.

In case you missed it,Grounded is optimized for the Xbox Series X|S, so those who want to get the most out of Grounded will want anXbox Series XorXbox Series S. Fortunately, we’re keeping close tabs onwhere you can buy an Xbox Series X|S. For those who haven’t tried Grounded yet, the game is included inXbox Game Pass, but is alsocompletely free to play on Steam for this weekend only.

The changelog for Grounded patch update 0.4.1 includes:

Top community issues

Top community issues

Game

Items / equipment / resources

World

Audio

Ominent Practical Technologies

It’s a big(ger) world out there.

Obsidian Entertainment makes its exclusive debut on Xbox One and PC with Grounded, a unique survival experience that literally makes all of your problems much, much bigger. Join your friends as you’re shrunk down to the size of an ant and are forced to survive in a dangerous backyard.

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